Marriott hosts filmmakers for competition

Marketing takes many forms at the island’s JW Marriott. A big part of that is outreach to meeting planners.

Bell is consulting scholar at Penn museum

Bell, the curator of collections at the Marco Island Historical Museum ...

St. Mark’s welcomes 40 4-year old students

Marco’s 4-year old students launched into an exciting year of transitions and discovery as the new school year began.

New school year begins for Marco students

Starting Tuesday, a flood of small pedestrians hit the streets on Marco Island. With the new school year.

Explore the depths of the Gulf with Scuba Marco

Since 1998 Marco Island's first and only scuba outfitter and dive shop has been helping residents and visitors get underwater and certified to dive.

Niess, at 96, stays active

Richard Niess makes his way into Addicted to Fitness in East Naples like clockwork every Monday and Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

Exploring the biology of estuaries via kayak

However much you know about mangroves, wetlands, and estuaries, when you return from a Rising Tide Adventures kayaking excursion, you will know more.

Marco Island on list of islands to vacation

The travel site TripAdvisor added Marco Island to a list of 14 scenic island vacations in U.S. "oozing with charm."

Audubon protects Tigertail’s black skimmers

Black skimmers chicks need what all babies need – food, parenting, and protection from danger as they navigate the most vulnerable moment in their lives.

New tour boat lets you exercise – or not

he newest entrant in the small armada of tour boats that want to help get people out on the waters around Marco Island has a novel spin.

Bicking fights cancer with no insurance policy

There are few things more disquieting than being told, “you have cancer.”

How Marco artist dealt with cancer diagnosis

It’s an experience too many women have gone through. Last October, a routine mammogram detected cancer in Malenda Trick’s right breast.

MIA’s ‘Ambassadors of the Environment’

Children’s minds don’t stop learning during the summer months. The question is, what do they learn?

Bobcat kitten rescued on Marco

Marco’s wild bobcat kitten is on its way to a new life. Officer Allan Reyes doesn’t know how the kitten came to be along the side of San Marco Road.

Little steps add up to help the environment

If you would like to help save the world, a good place to start is in your own backyard.

Key Marco Cat returns home to a welcoming island

Even before the grand opening of an exhibition centered around the Key Marco Cat, a line to visit the prehistoric feline statue snaked around the room built for it.

Gardening: The proper way to mow your lawn

Proper mowing of your lawn can kill weeds and chinch bugs, cure disease, save water and provide fertilizer.

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Pharmacist: Why some drugs work, others don’t

Medication treatment should be based upon the neurotransmitters that are imbalanced.

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Gardening: Simplicity equals good design

When it comes to landscaping, simplicity equals good design and low maintenance.

Pharmacist: Bubonic plague is on the rise

Let’s talk about bubonic plague from a medical standpoint, not a political one. It’s making a new deadly appearance.

Gardening: Another month of heat and heavy rain

September is here with another month of heat and heavy rain. This month is the height of hurricane-season.

Pharmacist: 9 reasons to eat pumpkin seeds

Pumpkins can be white, yellow or green. They’re not all orange! Did you know Antartica is the only country that can’t grow a pumpkin?

Marco Y hosts diverse monthly health fairs

It was a get-together where you could have your blood pressure checked, where you could learn about home health services for older folk ...

Pharmacist: Natural remedies to treat psoriasis

Many people take “biologic” drugs that have anti-inflammatory actions on the body and reduce the symptoms of auto-immune conditions.

Del Ackerman remembered in East Naples as generous owner of store

For the first time since it opened in 1961, Del’s 24-Hour Food Store closed Saturday for Ackerman’s funeral. He also had owned other businesses.

Photos: Sherri Morrison and Jim Freeman

Gardening: Don’t let bugs and weeds take over

August is here and temperatures this month will have highs of about 90-95 and lows in the mid-70s.

Social Scene: Birthdays and bonnets

Milliner Diane Shagott attended our Just Friends luncheon and presented a program about millinery.

Photos: St. Mark’s preschool, 2019

WOW To Do List: Nature, burgers, more

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Koreshan State Park, 3800 Corkscrew Road, Estero.

3 To Do: Tours, exhibits, more

Entitled “Building A Dream,” the exhibit is the 25 year history of the Marco Island Historical Society.

Education, bonding exemplify Y’s Diabetes Camp

It's undeniable that kids waste inordinate amounts of time checking out social media on their cell phones.

Pharmacist: Some generics not up to snuff

I’ve always been a proponent for generic medications because they are more affordable and supposedly contain the same biologically active ingredient.

WOW To Do List: Happy Hour for Hope, more

Marco Island Meals of Hope announced today its next “Happy Hour for Hope” will be from 5 until 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 26.

3 To Do: BOGO burgers, more

Every Monday in August at Brooks Burgers, 12655 Tamiami Trail East, Naples.

Photos: Back to School, Marco Island, 2019

YMCA youth play teaches tolerance

Forging entertaining theatrical productions using raw young talent is nothing new for Gina Sisbarro.

Life coach brings kids’ social skills program

"It's about respect and dignity," said Huckle Wood, whose 8-week program incorporates how to greet people.

3 To Do: Tour Naples Botanical Garden, more

At 8 a.m. every Tuesday at the Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Drive, Naples.

WOW To Do List: ‘Ocean Discoveries,’ more

This program features the area’s only loggerhead sea turtle, a moray eel and dozens of fish who call the Conservancy home.